University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Art Department

Hess announces new academic leadership team for School

Dean Diana Hess named a new senior associate dean, in addition to announcing new associate deans for the arts, health, and education as the School of Education pulls together a new academic leadership team ahead of the 2021-22 academic year. Members of the new leadership team, who will begin their posts Aug. 23, 2021, are: …

UW–Madison’s Jones is featured on Earth Day panel at University of Georgia

UW–Madison’s Tomiko Jones, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, is among the panelists in an Earth Day event hosted by the 2021 Global Georgia Initiative public events series of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts at the University of Georgia. The event will take place via Zoom at 4 pm Eastern time (3 …

Work by UW–Madison’s Abdu’Allah published in ‘Under the Southern Stars’

The work of UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah is published in “Under the Southern Stars” from Te Tuhi, one of New Zealand’s foremost contemporary art spaces. Abdu’Allah holds UW–Madison’s Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art, and is a professor with the School of Education’s Art Department. “Under the Southern Stars” is a collection of texts that accompanied exhibitions curated …

Bixler is UW–Madison’s spring 2021 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence

UW–Madison’s Division of the Arts welcomes Litza Bixler as the spring 2021 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence. Bixler is a choreographer, filmmaker, movement director, visual artist, and writer. She has produced work on stage, screen, galleries, and mountains. Bixler works across the spheres of art, performance, and film, and has been a working artist and educator since 1995. Among her activities …

Work by UW–Madison’s Ahn featured in exhibition at Benedictine University

The work of UW–Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn is being showcased in a virtual exhibition at the Komechak Art Gallery at Benedictine University through April 11. Ahn is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department. The exhibition, titled “O Antiphons + CODE,” is described as “exploring new biblical expression as generative typography” on the Komechak …

Discover your major during the virtual Major Discovery Week

Major Discovery Week is a once-a-year event for all UW–Madison students. Whether you have already declared your major or if you are still looking for your path, join us from March 15-19 virtually and explore over 100 majors and certificates across all interests, and get connected across campus. Below is a list of all sessions …

Work by UW–Madison’s Hitchcock featured in exhibition at Portrait Society Gallery in Milwaukee

The work of UW–Madison’s John Hitchcock is featured in a solo exhibition, “Shouting Lightning from Their Eyes,” at the Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art in Milwaukee through Apr. 17. Hitchcock is a professor with the School of Education’s Art Department and is the School’s associate dean for the arts. In the exhibition, Hitchcock uses the print …

Abdu’Allah named Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art

Faisal Abdu’Allah, an internationally acclaimed artist and professor with the School of Education’s Art Department, has been chosen as UW-Madison’s next recipient of the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art. Abdu’Allah, who grew up in London, was enjoying a successful professional career as an artist when he was invited to UW–Madison in 2013 to work on …

Division of the Arts announces 2021 Creative Arts Award recipients

A two-year long photographic essay project by Darcy Padilla examining the profound economic and social disparities experienced by Americans caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A contemporary art exhibition by Roberto Torres Mata at the Chazen Museum of Art spotlighting the complex issues of migration from both human and animal perspectives. The creation of a functional shelving system by Anders Nienstaedt to showcase curated …

Art students Benissan, Clark receive 2021 Arts + Literature Laboratory Prize

The Arts + Literature Laboratory (ALL) and the UW–Madison Art Department are pleased to announce that UW–Madison graduate students Rita Mawuena Benissan and Conley Clark have been awarded the 2021 Arts + Literature Laboratory Prize. The annual ALL Prize exhibition is awarded to one or two graduating MFA candidates, selected by curators on the ALL Visual Arts Team. The …